Improvement in bale-ties



G. S. FRANCE.

BALE-TIE.

No.188,884, Patented March 27,1877.

' ITNESSES:

INVENTOR:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTUS S. FRANCE, OF CENTRAL BRIDGE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE WASHBURN8t MOEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WORCESTER,

MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,884, dated March27, 1877; application filed March 12, 1877.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GUsTUs S. FRANCE, formerly of Worcester,Massachusetts, but now of Central Bridge, Schoharie county, in the Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-"liles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1represents a side View of the two ends of a bale-tie made according tomy present invention, and Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of theparts shown in Fig. 1.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to makeand use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, the parts marked A represent the maiuwi re forming thebody of the baletie, only the locking ends of said wire being shown inthe drawings. Upon one endof the tie a loop, B, is' formed by returningand twisting the ends 0 back upon the main wire, as shown in thedrawings. The other end of the wire or bale-tie A is provided with Y ahook, D, formed by bending the end E of the wire up, and then winding itaround the vertical part of the hook, as shown at F in the drawings, andthis loop part rests upon the end of loop B when the bale-tie is in use,thereby preventing the separation of the ends of the tie.

It will be understood that when the bale-tie is in use loop B is drawntogether and under the loop part F, thereby rendering the fastening moresecure.

Having described my improvements in baleties, what I claim therein asnew and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a bale tie made from wire, the hooked end, formed by bending orlooping it upward, and then twisting or winding the remaining part ofthe wire around said upturned end, substantially as shown and set forth.

GUSTUS S. FRANCE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE BEsT, D. M. J ENKINs.

